Boston Tom Levenson's avatar

Boston Tom Levenson

@tomlevenson.bsky.social

I was speaking to a friend who once worked at the Gray Lady, and they noted when I suggested imbalanced coverage that the paper has covered Trump's many sins. They have. Just not with the timing and intensity they directed at Clinton or Biden...1/2

2 replies 1 reposts 9 likes


Redshift's avatar Redshift @redshift42.bsky.social
[ View ]

One of the 2016 flaws that no one figured out an answer for is the firehose of awful stuff from TCFG is so nonstop, no one thing gets focus for long. So one thing on the Dem side becomes Really Important. Seems like they could choose some of the firehose for deeper coverage without ignoring the rest

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes


Boston Tom Levenson's avatar Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social
[ View ]

2/2 Elite media folk (not just at NYT) sincerely believe they are doing good and fair work. Its almost impossible to believe otherwise inside the shop. That to me is the real issue: not one of conscious bias but a structural flaw of practice, an inability to see failure modes as they bite.

2 replies 1 reposts 13 likes